Rautavaara | |
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Municipality | |
Rautavaaran kunta Rautavaara kommun | |
![]() Savontie road in Rautavaara | |
![]() Location of Rautavaara in Finland | |
Coordinates: 63°29.7′N 028°18′E / 63.4950°N 28.300°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Northern Savonia |
Sub-region | North Eastern Savonia |
Charter | September 12, 1874 [1] |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Mikko Kärnä |
Area (2018-01-01)
[2] | |
• Total | 1,235.26 km2 (476.94 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,150.63 km2 (444.26 sq mi) |
• Water | 84.09 km2 (32.47 sq mi) |
• Rank | 66th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)
[3] | |
• Total | 1,424 |
• Rank | 280th largest in Finland |
• Density | 1.24/km2 (3.2/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 98.5% (official) |
• Others | 1.5% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 10.1% |
• 15 to 64 | 50.9% |
• 65 or older | 39.1% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+03:00 ( EEST) |
Website |
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Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,424 (31 December 2023) [3] and covers an area of 1,235.26 square kilometres (476.94 sq mi) of which 84.09 km2 (32.47 sq mi) is water. [2] The population density is 1.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.[ according to whom?]
Tiilikkajärvi National Park is located both in Rautavaara and its neighboring municipality Sotkamo. [7]
The municipality of Rautavaara was founded on 12 September 1874 [1] and the parish in 1894. [8]
Alakeyritty, Ala-Luosta, Etelä-Keyritty, Halmejärvi, Hiirenjärvi, Kangaslahti, Lehtovaara, Lievisenmäki, Palojärvi, Pirttipuro, Pohjois-Keyritty, Puumala, Rannankylä, Rautavaara, Sierajärvi, Siikajärvi, Tiilikka, Ylä-Luosta.
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